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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
Sent: 20 February 2013 11:04
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Subject: Elidius and the nature of sorrow
"I'm sorry that you think I've let you down.
I do my best, you know, and do want to.�
But you're not sorry that you really did.
I"I am. I said so.�
No, you did not, Sir.
You said you're sorry that I think you did.
"It is the same thing.�
Very far from it.
What I hoped for's believable sorrow,
an apology that is unambiguous,
for the damage that you had caused to me.
Ah, no response; a fabricated face.
You might have made a more adequate reply.
Perhaps you maintain you are not lying
if you seem to say what you are not saying.
Let me reaffirm that it is a lie
if you mislead someone.
"Spare me sermons.�
You try to be an automaton, my son.
"If you wish, you old fool; but just fuck off.�
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